Ghana - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Ghana was 13,252,920 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13,252,920 in 2020 and a minimum value of 5,092,406 in 1960.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 5,092,406
1961 5,218,603
1962 5,349,801
1963 5,481,298
1964 5,606,633
1965 5,722,017
1966 5,824,554
1967 5,916,289
1968 6,003,327
1969 6,094,113
1970 6,205,869
1971 6,355,392
1972 6,516,864
1973 6,682,511
1974 6,841,040
1975 6,985,269
1976 7,111,877
1977 7,225,671
1978 7,337,571
1979 7,462,369
1980 7,610,696
1981 7,786,287
1982 7,985,316
1983 8,201,833
1984 8,409,920
1985 8,578,318
1986 8,742,638
1987 8,904,626
1988 9,065,023
1989 9,226,515
1990 9,389,745
1991 9,554,784
1992 9,719,945
1993 9,882,461
1994 10,038,030
1995 10,184,620
1996 10,321,040
1997 10,449,170
1998 10,570,420
1999 10,688,440
2000 10,809,840
2001 10,945,140
2002 11,079,830
2003 11,215,330
2004 11,353,040
2005 11,494,570
2006 11,639,800
2007 11,787,620
2008 11,934,850
2009 12,077,980
2010 12,213,130
2011 12,339,950
2012 12,459,320
2013 12,572,640
2014 12,681,440
2015 12,786,680
2016 12,888,370
2017 12,986,130
2018 13,079,670
2019 13,168,800
2020 13,252,920

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Ghana was 42.65 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 76.75 in 1960, while its lowest value was 42.65 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 76.75
1961 76.20
1962 75.65
1963 75.09
1964 74.51
1965 73.93
1966 73.34
1967 72.75
1968 72.14
1969 71.53
1970 71.04
1971 70.83
1972 70.61
1973 70.39
1974 70.17
1975 69.95
1976 69.73
1977 69.51
1978 69.29
1979 69.06
1980 68.84
1981 68.61
1982 68.39
1983 68.16
1984 67.79
1985 67.10
1986 66.41
1987 65.71
1988 65.00
1989 64.28
1990 63.56
1991 62.83
1992 62.10
1993 61.36
1994 60.61
1995 59.86
1996 59.10
1997 58.35
1998 57.58
1999 56.82
2000 56.07
2001 55.40
2002 54.73
2003 54.05
2004 53.37
2005 52.69
2006 52.01
2007 51.33
2008 50.65
2009 49.97
2010 49.29
2011 48.61
2012 47.93
2013 47.25
2014 46.58
2015 45.91
2016 45.25
2017 44.59
2018 43.94
2019 43.29
2020 42.65

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization